WASHINGTON – This week, Community Justice hosted its annual Policy & Advocacy Summit and Lobby Action Day in Washington, D.C. alongside Players Coalition, an athlete-led nonprofit organization committed to advocating for social justice and racial equity founded by NFL players Anquan Boldin and Malcolm Jenkins. Jenkins joined Community Justice on Capitol Hill to announce a $1 million investment in violence prevention nonprofits and community-based organizations across the country, including Community Justice.
Along with offering in-depth workshops on organizing, policy, and advocacy, providing a dynamic platform for strategic legislative discussions with nearly 30 prominent policymakers or staffs including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and U.S. Reps. Troy Carter (D-La.), Greg Casar (D-Tex.), Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Lizzy Fletcher (D-Tex.), Al Green (D-Tex.), Garret Graves (R-La.), Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), David Trone (D-Md.).
The two-day Summit culminated with a meeting with the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, to discuss necessary preventive, community-based solutions to violence.
You can find the POLITICO Playbook mention here and below:
“SPOTTED: former NFL player Malcolm Jenkins and former MLS player Justin Morrow on the Hill with the Players Coalition advocating for gun violence prevention.”
On Twitter (X), partner organizations amplified Community Justice’s continued leadership in gun violence prevention advocacy and the organization’s work to empower Black and Brown communities.
